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Jimmy Buffett Plays Toronto!
PubClub had our
Phins Up in Buffett's first Toronto show in nine years.
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Phins Up, Toronto!
Jimmy Buffett, who has roots in Nova Scotia, came back to Canada for
a feathered show at the Molson Amphitheater on Monday, June 13, 2005.
"It's been too long, I know, but I'll be back next year,"
he told the sellout crowd of 16,000.
To reintroduce himself to the audience – which also included several
Americans from upstate New York, the Boston area and even Luau
Larry all the way from Hawaii – the start of his
first set consisted of newer tunes such as "Piece of Work,"
"License to Chill, "It's 5 O'Clock Somewhere" and "Hey
Good Lookin," (Although he did throw in an old classic rarely heard
in concerts, "Caroline Street" as well as "Changes in
Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes.")
 Afterward,
it was more of the standard tunes: "Cheeseburger in Paradise,"
"Margaritaville,""A Pirate Looks at 40," "Volcano"
and, for an encore, "Fins." He also played "Schoolboy
Heart, "One Particular Harbor," "Come Monday," "Coconut
Telegraph" and "Southern Cross."
One highlight didn't even feature a song. It was a video
of his first appearance on The Tonight Show, a nervous long-haired guy
singing "Margaritaville" in a tribute to Johnny Carson. It
played to start the intermission. The videos of sailing, Parrotheads
and other adventures during certain songs was also entertaining.
The show was slightly different from his last one in
Hawaii in Apri, whcih included an acoustics version of "Banana
Republic."
The day was dampened early by a couple of showers but this was pretty
much all gone by concert time. The real damper was the tailgate party,
or lack thereof. This was no Irvine Meadows, where big buses, motorhomes
and tiki bars fill up hours before the show. There were some defying
the odd Canadian "no tailgating" law, but mostly people flocked
at the Maple Reefers Parrothhead Club's party inside Ontario Place.
As a special treat, Michael Utley came by and sat in with the Buffett
tribute band.
Many of those – PubClub included – warmed up with a four-hour
"boat drinks" cruise on Sunday night, something that will
definitely be a part of next year's show.
The land sharks
circled around.
The venue, which has 8,000 seats and 8,000 in the lawn,
So, Jimmy played for just a few friends – just a few friends –
and made a few more. Among them were two Buffett "virgins"
from Toronto, our friend Andrew and Lynne
Kush, PubClub columnist and Miss Indy Canada 2003.
"This is not like any concert I've ever been to," she said,
surveying the crowd dressed wearing shark fins, grass skirts and cheesburger
hats.
Of course it not, for it's about all of the faces and all of the places
that is Buffett.
Jimmy played barefoot,
as usual.
Before and after
– at the Maple Reefers party and the parking lot.
Michael Utley stopped by the Maple Reefers preparty.
The Buffett virgins
get prepared with Parrothead veterans, including Luau Larry,
PubClub on the boat
bash the Sunday before the show..!
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Hawaii, Honolulu Shell
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